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Boston Globe - Entertainment

Summer Arts Guide - 80 fun concerts, festivals, shows, and more to check out around Boston this summer - From outdoor music festivals to comedy shows, here are the top events to check out in Boston and beyond this summer.

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BOOKS - Local bestsellers for the week ended May 17 - Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.

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STAGE REVIEW -- A Dickens character gets another look in '(re)Dressing Miss Havisham' -- The one woman show at Boston Playwrights Theatre treats the "Great Expectations" character to a forensic analysis.

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TV CRITICS CORNER -- Imogene Coca: A neglected pioneer who deserves to be celebrated -- As "Hacks" winds down its run, it's worth remembering the pioneering female comedians who paved the way for the fictional Deborah Vance.

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All the movies you'll watch this summer

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10 NEW SHOWS TO WATCH THIS SUMMER

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Stephen Colbert's long goodbye is coming to an end, leaving a void -- When CBS announced that the show would end, the network said it was for economic reasons but others have expressed skepticism that President Trump's criticism of the show had nothing to do with it.

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odie henderson review | ★★★ - Sorry to bother you! 'I Love Boosters' is lots of fun - Boots Riley's latest is a raucous ode to the working class led by Keke Palmer and Demi Moore.

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When is an orchestra not an orchestra? By any label, Handel and Haydn's ensemble shined at Old South Church. -- In a rare visit to the historic site, H+H Orchestra brought fresh intimacy to Bach and Telemann.

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Felicity Lott, elegant soprano in opera and song, dies at 79 -- "She disappears inside whatever she is singing," a Boston Globe reviewer recounted.

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BOOK REVIEW - The quiet man whose comic strips spoke to and for a generation - It seems as if "Doonesbury" has been with us forever. First syndicated in 1970, the year that Garry Trudeau graduated from Yale, "Doonesbury" has covered every war from Vietnam to the current "short-term excursion."

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PBS gears up for the 250th with a rebroadcast of 'The American Revolution'

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The Mandalorian, Grogu ... and Martin Scorsese?

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Jill Lepore adds a Pulitzer to her laurels, but she's nowhere near ready to rest

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New PBS documentary captures 'Rebel' W.E.B. Du Bois in all his complexity

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'The Sheep Detectives' is a lamb good movie

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Guitar gurus Joe Satriani and Steve Vai unite as the SATCHVAI Band

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This week's TV: A Wanda Sykes comedy special, Tatiana Maslany in 'Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed,' and more

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Judith Barnard, of best-selling 'Judith Michael' fame, dies at 94

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Richard Hatch, first winner of 'Survivor,' says he was not invited to tonight's Season 50 finale

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A fan in Boston confessed to stealing a lead singer's identity — then he inspired the band's next album

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'SNL': Will Ferrell hosts season finale, Paul McCartney performs

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The best local book events this week

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Author Ann Patchett urges a 'breath' for books as PEN gala raises $2M amid ban surge

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Koji Suzuki, sometimes called the Stephen King of Japan, dies at 68

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Mural being painted in Nashua's Renaissance Park features nod to city's French-Canadian heritage

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Smithsonian adds back impeachment language to label on Trump portrait

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The 'Battlestar Galactica' reboot was a timely show about terrorism. It was also just good TV.

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Tom Brady, Cynthia Erivo to headline conference in Boston

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